Character Quotes

Character is not something we inherit. Character is something we have to wake up and build.

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can’t or don’t do in my normal everyday life.

For me the most important thing is being a really good person, and that doesn’t depend on what you do on stage, that depends on how you treat people when you’re offstage.

I’m probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don’t think anyone really knows. You’ll either find out or not when you get there, until then there’s no point thinking about it.

I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

We are put in situations to build our character, not destroy us.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece – by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.